LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — In the end, some Democrats just didn’t have the stomach for a drawn-out fight with Donald Trump. They underestimated his apathy and ruthlessness in denying health care and food aid to millions of Americans, including his own voters. This included a last-minute intervention by Democrats on the Senate floor on the eve of the shutdown, without which the fight would have been over before it even began. Advertisement“They were skeptical of the strategy and that it was worth the fight,” one Senate Democratic aide told HuffPost. But they were wrong that Trump and Senate Republicans were the ones more likely to cave in the end.

Source: Huffington Post November 11, 2025 20:17 UTC